Description
Antonio Borges Pereira
Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueBiotite, Garnet, Kaolin, Microcline, Plagioclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
Associated rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10065548
MRDS IDTC40895
Alternate namesJapanese Sao Roque
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.69579, -41.93891
References
PECORA, W.T., KLEPPER, M.R., LARRABEE, D.M., BARBOSA, A.L.M., AND FRAYHA, RESK, 1950, MICA DEPOSITS IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-C, P. 205-305.KLEPPER, M.R., AND LARRABEE, D.M., 1944, BORGES (JAPANESE, SAO ROQUE) MICA MINAS ESPERA FELIZ-CAIRIA DISTRICT, MUNICIPIO OF ESPERA FELIZ, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 15 P.CIMRIKLEPPER AND LARRABEE (1944); PECORA ET AL (1950).